Alice Lewis as Joan of Arc - A Cosplay by Kelly Is Nice Photography

After many weeks of crafting, scouting, researching, shooting and
editing they’re finally complete. This set took six separate days of
shooting at several locations. It’s definitely the most involved
cosplay we’ve done but it was all worth it because it’s now my favorite.
Joan was such an incredible person and someone I think every little
girl should learn about. Whether her voices were real or not her
bravery is unquestionable. Her unwavering faith was strong enough to
lead her to victory against all odds and keep her going through
miserable months of torture. threats of rape, and eventually agonizing
death. All while she was a teenager. Um, so yeah. She’s awesome.

While most of our research was done through books we checked out a
few movies for Alice to watch and learn about the battles and time
period. The Messenger
with Milla Jovovich was the closest we found to actual events but the
spiritual parts were pretty dark and weird. Of course, Alice liked it a
lot and it’s her new favorite movie. Joan of Arc
with Leelee Sobieski is not even remotely accurate and ridiculously
long and honestly maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen and I wouldn’t
wish it on my worst enemy and every time you come across it you should
kill it with fire just so that it would be a slightly more accurate
representation of Joan’s life.

A special “thank you” to the Reeds who generously lent us the use
of their beautiful horse, Spirit, and allowed us to pretend to burn our
daughter alive in their back yard.